Hand gun holsters



Jan. 4, 1966 M. w. SANTO, JR 3,

HAND GUN HOLSTERS Filed Jan 21, 1965 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR M/CHAEL WSANTO, Je.

ATTORNEY Jan. 4, 1966 M. w. SANTO. JR

HAND GUN HOLSTERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 21, 1965 INVENTOR MIC/MELw. m

W ATTORNEY United States Patent HAND GUN HOLSTERS Michael W. Santo, Jr.,Roosevelt, NJ.

(843 E. 7th St., Plainfield, NJ.) Filed Jan. 21, 1965, Ser. No. 429,9434 Claims. (Cl. 224-2) truding from the pockets of the holsters so thatthe handles of the hand guns contained within the pockets of theholsters are diametrically opposed to each other, allowing the personcarrying the holster to grab and remove the hand guns from the twopockets at the same time, one hand gun in the right hand. and the otherin the left hand, the hands being in a natural position.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a hand gunholster, whereby two gun receiving pockets can be mounted upon a singleplanar surface in side-byside or superposed relation. The holster, aswill be seen,

includes a pair of gun pockets mounted on planar surfaces which aredisposed adjacent the respective sides of the person to which theholsters are attached;

A further object of the invention is to provide such a holsterarrangement whereby the two guns can be simultaneously withdrawn fromtheholsters without the person wearing the holsters making any other movethan the natural movement of the hands to the gun holsters.

The invention is primarily intended as a toy for use as an amusementdevice for the quick and natural drawing of toy guns from the holsters.

Not only is the invention directed to the shape of the holsters havingmeans for accommodating two hand guns, but the same is also directed tothe simplicity of the construction of each holster, including thepockets for containing the hand guns.

Other and more specific objects of the invention will be apparent with adetailed study of the specification and the accompanying drawings,wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view showing two holsters with the twohand guns contained in a pocket of each;

FIG. 2 is a back elevation of the holsters mounted on a belt, shown inFIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross section of a holster on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a vertical section of a holster on line 44 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a modified form of the invention showing the holsters, onemounted upon the other; and

FIG. 6 is a cross section of the holster on the line 6-6 of FIG. 5.

The holster assembly comprises holsters A and B including planarsupporting members 12 to which members are mounted on one face thereofindividual different sized pockets 13 and 14 for the hand guns 15 and16.

The surface of the planar supporting members 12 of each holster assemblyis larger than the combined area of the pockets 13 and 14 in that thesame extends down below the bottom of the pockets 13 and 14 and extendsupwardly beyond the top of the pockets. The disclosed construction showsthe supporting members 12 of an area larger than the combined area ofthe pockets 13 and 14; however, it is conceivable that the area of therespective supportng members 12 could be of substantially the same areaas the pockets 13 and 14.

As will be seen in all of the figures of the drawings 3,227,337 PatentedJan. 4, 1966 and especially in FIG. 3, the material forming the pockets13 and 14 is attached to the supporting members12 by rivets 17. In theembodiment of the invention disclosed rivets are shown as a means ofattaching the pockets to the supporting members 12, but it will readilybe recognized that the pockets could be supported on the planar members12 as by stitching, gluing, or in fact in any desirable manner.

The supporting members 12 at their top are turnedLover and riveted as at18, to form a loop 19 through which passes a flexible support belt ofstrap 20 as is clearly shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

While the drawings show different size pockets for different size guns,the pockets of the holsters could be made the same size to accommodatehand guns of the same size.

As will be seen in FIG. 1, the hands of the wearer of the holtsers caneasily reach and grab the handles of the hand guns in the pockets of theholster B and come up with a natural advance or natural draw. The aboveis true whether the hand guns are removed from the holsters on the rightor left side of the wearer, as shown in FIG. 1.

In FIG. 1 the right hand of the wearer is about to grasp the smallerhand gun 15 from its pocket 13 on the left side of the wearer, and theleft hand of the wearer is about to grasp the larger hand gun 16 fromthe pocket 14 both pockets being disposed on the planar surface 12. Ifthe hand guns are removed by the same wearer from the pockets of theassembly on the right side of the wearer, the hands of the wearer wouldgrasp the reverse hand gun handles from that explained above, that is,the left hand of the wearer would grasp the handle of the hand gun 15while the right hand would grasp the handleof the hand gun 16.

The material forming the holsters and the pockets thereon could well beleather, a plastic or any strong flexible material.

Each holster is made from three pieces of material comprising the planarflexible supporting members 12, two hand gun holsters or pockets 13 and14 attached thereto plus the attaching members therefor, namely theornamental rivets 17. While the disclosed construction shows that eachholster is made from three pieces of material, it is readily conceivablethat the respective supporting member and gun pockets could be readilymolded from a single piece of material, and further the holster members13 and 14 could be fashioned from a single piece of material andthereafter supported to the supporting member 12.

It will be noted that the shapes of the holsters are generally identicalbeing of different sizes to accommodate hand guns of various sizes.Thus, the larger holster 14 has a perpendicular inner wall 21 longerthan the opposite and complementary outer wall 22. Likewise, the smallerholster 13 has a perpendicular inner wall 23 longer than the outer wall24 of this holster. The perpendicular inner walls of the holsters faceeach other and the shorter outer walls of the respective holstersprovide and permit for the ready and easy gun insertion and removalfunctions. The barrels of the hand guns naturally occupy the spaceadjacent the perpendicular inner walls of the holsters and when sonaturally positioned within the holsters the barrels of the guns whenthus placed in the holsters dispose the handles of the guns in oppositeor diametric relation to each other, the handles of the hand gunspointing in opposite directions. This makes for the ready access of eachgun handle to be grasped with the users hands in their normal positionwhereby the two guns can be easily and quickly drawn in a natural mannerand the guns pulled from the holsters and advanced in a natural manner,

FIG. 5 is a modification of the invention and as will be seen by anexamination of FIGS. 5 and 6, the holster shown in this modificationincludes a rear holster 25 and a front holster 26, the front holster 26being substantially smaller than the rear holster 25. As seen theholsters 25 and 26 are attached to each other as by rivets 27, but ofcourse other means such as sewing could be utilized in Se curing theholsters together one upon the other. The upper edge of the rear holsterpocket is seen at 28, while the upper edge of the front holster is seenat 29. It will be noted that the hand guns 30. and 31 disposed in theholsters of the modified form have their respective handles 32 and 33positioned in the holsters in reversed or diametric relation. This ispossible because of the difference in length of the respective inner andouter complementary walls of the two dilferent sized holsters. Thelarger holster 25 has a relatively long inner wall 34 and a shorterouter wall 35, while the smaller holster has an inner wall 36 d'sposedsubstantially on top and in line with the wall 34, and has a relativelylonger outer wall 35 disposed substantially on topand in line with theouter wall 37. Also, as will be apparent from FIGS. 3 and 6, which arelongitudinal cross-sectional views of both forms of the invention, thepair of pockets are generally triangular in longitudinal cross-section,and the wider portion of each pocket is arranged to face in oppositedirections, thus permitting the hand guns to be inserted in the pocketswith their handles positioned in opposite directions as shown in FIGS. 1and 5. By such an arrangement, it will readily be understood andrecognized that the two hands of the person, upon which the holster issupported, can be grasped and the guns withdrawn from the holsters withboth hands in their natural or normal position. By such an arrangementthere is a natural advance of the guns as the same are withdrawn fromthe holsters. And this is true whether the guns are being removed fromthe holster at the right hand side of the person or at the left handside of a person, upon which the holsters are supported as by the strap20.

While various forms of the invention have been disclosed, it is notintended that the invention be limited to the exact constructiondisclosed, but is capable of variation and modification within the scopeof the following claims,

I claim:

1. A hand gun supporting assembly including a holster for supporting apair of hand guns adapted to be positioned in close proximity to eachother and a flexible belt for attachment about a persons body forsupporting the holster, said holster comprising a substantially planarsurfaced one piece member and means fixedly secured thereto andcooperating therewith to form a pair of pockets positioned in proximityto each other and on the same side of said member and each having agenerally triangular shape in horizontal cross section and so positionedrelative to each other so that the wider portion of said pockets face inopposite directions to receive a pair of hand guns with the handlespositioned in opposite directions so, that the user may simultaneouslygrasp each gun with his hands and manually withdraw a pair of guns fromsaid pockets.

2. A hand gun supporting assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein saidpockets are in side-by-side relationship.

3. A hand gun supporting assembly as set forth in claim 1 wherein saidpockets are in overlying relationhip.

4. A hand gun supporting assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein one ofsaid pockets is smaller than the other.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 5/1951 Krasnow224-2 X 10/1946 Paley 224-2 X FOREIGN PATENTS 1,046,519 12/1958 Germany.

HUGO O. SCHULZ, Primary Examiner.

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